RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.

Located at 1800 W ROLLINS RD, in COLUMBIA, Missouri, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is a large primary school that caters to 500 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by COLUMBIA 93. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 315.

COLUMBIA 93 comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 18,640 students; RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is among them.

Demographically, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school lists 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Boone County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.9%; RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. posts 84.9%, +33.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Boone County shows median household earnings sit near $72,758, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: FAIRVIEW ELEM., around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 65.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.'s enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 500). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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